I still need to proofread and polish this a bit, but I wanted to post a link to is to make it easier for people to add comments and share your thoughts about the class.

http://www.teachmix.com/litcast/node/155

Kelsey, let me know if the attached files still cause problems.

http://teachmix.com/edward/edward1.avi

http://teachmix.com/edward/edward2.avi

http://teachmix.com/edward/edward3.avi

http://teachmix.com/edward/edward4.avi

Here are the instructions for submitting the final portfolio of your work:

First, remember the goals of the portfolio. The portfolio serves two main purposes: 1.) to drive continued revision of your projects, and 2.) to promote reflection on what you have learned as a writer and thinker in the class. Be sure to compose reflections about all of the materials that you submit and in your reflections to help readers see these two elements.

You'll also need to revise the cover letter that reflects on the entire body of your work and your progression as a thinker and writer for the class. Remember that portfolios work well at demonstrating learning, growth, effort, and excellence in the final products of your work. Your letter, then, can serve to educate readers of the portfolio about the materials you have collected in terms of these kinds of criteria. This is where you make the case for what you have done in the course and what you have learned from it.

In case you are interested in a brainstorming program, here is a link to Cmap.

Here are the scenes I'm thinking about for O Brother. Toss out other ones in the comments:

Follow this link to download files of the scenes to use in your videos

Blind prophet
Baptism and after
Cyclops
Lynching
Concert
Flood

I will capture the scenes we will use for our film essays. Right now, here are the ones I'm thinking of. Add a comment to toss out other ideas:

Follow this link to download files of the scenes to use in your videos.

coins toss scene(s)
Chigurh and Wells in hotel
Moss and Chigurh on phone
Bell and uncle
Bell in hotel after Moss is killed
Bell and Carla Jean in diner

This assignment is designed to help you learn to read and write about films. On the reading side, you will explore how to think about films as mediums for telling stories. On the writing side, you will learn to edit bits of film to express your ideas.

The topic will be one or more of the films we are covering in class. (You can choose an alternate set of films, but you will end up having to do more of the collecting of resources on your own, which really shouldn't be a problem.)

There are two main options plus an alternative if you want to push things:

Linked here are some clips we can use to discuss the film.

Here are the recordings of the podcasts we did today:

Here are the instructions for submitting the mid-term portfolio of your
work:

First, a bit about the goals of the portfolio. The portfolio serves two
main purposes: 1.) to drive continued revision of your projects, and 2.)
to promote reflection on what you have learned as a writer and thinker
in the class. To demonstrate your strengths in these areas, you'll need
to compose reflections about all of the materials that you submit.

You will also want to compose something that uses your own creations in order
to say something to your reader about you or your work.To this end, you will write a
cover letter that reflects on the entire body of your work and on your
progression as a thinker and writer for the class. The audience for your
cover letter will be the person from outside of our class that you will
ask to look at your work. For the portfolio letter, you should know that
portfolios work well at demonstrating learning, growth, effort, and